[7]. D. & C. 107:56.
[8]. Ib. 84:23, 24.
[9]. Hist. Ch. Vol. 3, pp. 388, 389.
[10]. D. & C. 13.
[11]. Ib. 27:12; 128:20.
[12]. D. & C. 110:12-16; Hist. Ch. Vol. 3, p. 390.
[13]. See Luke 9:54 and 2 Kings 18:38; also James 5:17 and 1 Kings 17:1.
[14]. Hist. Ch. Vol. 6, pp. 249, 254.
[15]. Hist. Ch. Vol. 4, p. 211.
Elijah the Tishbite, as he is called in Scripture, figured in the history of the Kingdom of Israel about nine centuries before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. It was a period of idolatry, when the priests of Baal (whom Elijah overthrew) had Ahab the king and his wife, the wicked Jezebel, completely under their sinister influence. Regarding the great Prophet of Restoration, Dr. Geikie, says: